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Cedar Shoals students arrested

updated Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 11:39am

Two students were arrested Thursday in separate incidents at Cedar Shoals High School, Athens-Clarke County police said.

The first incident happened at about 11 a.m. when a student told a resource officer that a fellow student stole his iPhone, police said.

The 16-year-old suspect was taken to the officer where he was told to empty his pockets. Along with the stolen phone, police said he had a small amount of marijuana and cigars.

The student was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a tobacco product by a minor. On instructions from the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, he was released to a guardian.

A theft by taking charge was pending, police said on Friday.

At about 11:30 a.m., a different student allegedly assaulted a teacher, police said.

The 16-year-old student had been involved in some type of altercation earlier that morning, which police said the student had recorded on his phone.

A teacher saw the student showing the recording to other students took away the phone, which the student in turn snatched back, police said.

The teacher then told the student he needed to give him the phone, at which time the student allegedly punched the teacher in the side of the head, causing him to fall onto a desk, police said. The student then allegedly pushed the teacher to the ground.

The student was arrested on charges of simple battery and simple battery on a sports official, but an explanation for the second charge was not included in a police incident report.

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